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Great Lakes Commission Semi-Annual Meeting and Great Lakes Day: U.S. Senator...

Hundreds of Great Lakes experts, scientists, business leaders, advocates and activists are in Washington D.C. this week for the Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day in...

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Paying for PFAS: Great Lakes states grapple with costs of clean up

For some Great Lakes governors, the emerging issue of a family of chemicals known as PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances -- is coming at a time when they are making arguments to raise taxes to...

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: “Michigan has to lead on Great Lakes issues”

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said last week that she will continue the leadership tradition of her predecessors when it comes to the Great Lakes. “Absolutely, Michigan has to lead on Great Lakes...

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Agency Overhaul: Great Lakes agenda to be foundation for reorganized state...

Is the recent renaming of Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality an attempt to shed the shame or baggage of the Flint Water Crisis? Does it signal a significant change of course from the...

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Wisconsin Gov. Evers issues order to curb PFAS contamination

Under an executive order from Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, the Wisconsin DNR and Departments of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection have to create a website on the chemicals known as PFAS,...

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Spills and Sewage: Southern Lake Michigan grapples with legacy pollutants as...

Southern Lake Michigan continues to face chemical spills even as it struggles with long-term contamination and weather events causing sewage discharges. Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Pittsburgh researchers investigate some of climate change’s most critical...

By Oliver Morrison, PublicSource, through the Institute for Nonprofit News network As the climate crisis looms, cities have to deal with a lot of uncertainty: How much warmer will the Earth get as we...

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New national authority for Great Lakes region proposed by Ohio Congresswoman

Steadier federal funding instead of annual appropriations coming out of debates, direct investment for local communities to meet federal mandates, a dual focus on environmental clean up and economic...

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